Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Team Lead - Hospital At Home service

The closing date is 15 June 2025

Job summary

We are excited to be able to offer a 1 year fixed term contract for our Hospital @ Home Team Lead position.

This is an exciting opportunity to help develop our newly created Hospital @ Home Team working alongside local acute Trust's to provide early and safe discharge from hospital and hospital admission avoidance for our adult population. We are a 7 day a week service and the Team Lead is a vital part of this clinical work.

If you are a highly motivated senior nurse looking for your next career advancement, please contact us to discuss.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as an autonomous expert practitioner with responsibility for leading a team of nurses, providing highly skilled & developed quality nursing care for adults in their own homes and other community settings.
To develop, implement and evaluate a seamless Hospital@Home (H@H) Service, ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of clinical care.
To work as an autonomous practitioner with responsibility for facilitating early discharge, reduce length of stay and prevent hospital admissions.
To provide continuing responsibility for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients.
To work in partnership with members of the multi -disciplinary team to maintain high quality care & promote practice that is patient centred.
To continue to develop and maintain close links between Community and Hospital based services.
.To be responsible for providing support to junior team members through developing their skills & completing staff appraisals. They will motivate staff to provide high standards of care by acting as a role model.
To undertake the organisation and support of student placements & mentorship through their practice placements.
To undertake and implement research and audit activities to ensure evidence-based practice and best practice guidelines are delivered within the service.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Date posted

03 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-25-451

Job locations

Edward Jenner Court

Brockworth

Gloucester

GL34AW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Triage of patients referred from the virtual ward hub and from health care professionals within the community, highlighting clinical need, treatment and making referrals to Community Services as required.

To co-ordinate the planning, development, management, and provision of a Hospital at Home service and its connections with Primary Care, the Virtual Ward Hub and the community single point of clinical access (SPCA) and to be expert in this bridging role between acute and community care.

Working autonomously, assessing individual patient needs, initiating investigations, determining a differential diagnosis, and initiating appropriate, evidence-based treatment and care within scope of practice.

Evaluating clinical pathways, policies, SOPS and procedures

Providing local leadership, consultancy and advice for nurses, other professionals, patients and their carers.

Developing close working partnerships with Community care providers; local and regional specialists; other health professionals and voluntary services involved in the patients care

Lead and co-ordinate competency based training and education within the service

Putting the patient at the centre, reinforcing the concept of a streamline patient journey, improving total patient experience. The role will involve cross-boundary and inter-agency working.

Working with our clinical leads and integrated Multidisciplinary teams across organisations to develop the model for NHS@Home virtual ward universal personalised care within the Virtual Wards.

Incorporating digital capabilities with the efficient use of technology to support clinical decision making

Support a team rota to deliver 7 day a week cover

Job description

Job responsibilities

Evaluating clinical pathways, policies, SOPS and procedures

Providing local leadership, consultancy and advice for nurses, other professionals, patients and their carers.

Developing close working partnerships with Community care providers; local and regional specialists; other health professionals and voluntary services involved in the patients care

Lead and co-ordinate competency based training and education within the service

Putting the patient at the centre, reinforcing the concept of a streamline patient journey, improving total patient experience. The role will involve cross-boundary and inter-agency working.

Working with our clinical leads and integrated Multidisciplinary teams across organisations to develop the model for NHS@Home virtual ward universal personalised care within the Virtual Wards.

Incorporating digital capabilities with the efficient use of technology to support clinical decision making

Support a team rota to deliver 7 day a week cover

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse with NMC Registration

Desirable

Teaching Qualification
Non medical Prescriber

Experience

Essential

Experience of acute hospital and community services
Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues

Knowledge

Essential

Extensive experience of managing a range of intravenous devices ie cannulas and CVC's
Comprehensive patient assessment skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse with NMC Registration

Desirable

Teaching Qualification
Non medical Prescriber

Experience

Essential

Experience of acute hospital and community services
Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues

Knowledge

Essential

Extensive experience of managing a range of intravenous devices ie cannulas and CVC's
Comprehensive patient assessment skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Jenner Court

Brockworth

Gloucester

GL34AW

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Jenner Court

Brockworth

Gloucester

GL34AW

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)